If you’re looking for the man who revitalized the Bravo Network, then American talk show and radio host, Andy Cohen is your man. You can thank her production skills for the Real Housewives franchise, as well as some other great shows on Bravo network. Between November 2011 and January 2014, Andy served as Bravo’s Executive Vice President of Development and Talent. This guy made Bravo one of the biggest reality TV networks in the world.
Also, Andy is most popular for the first late night live concert – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. He hosted the show on the Bravo network and he enjoyed the presence of stars such as Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey, among many others. In 2010, he won an Emmy Award as Executive Producer of the outstanding competitive reality series, Top Chef. Andy was also honored with a Peabody Award in 2004 for Project Runway and in 2007 for serving as executive producer on the reality show Bravo.
This guy can also boast of being the author of three New York Times bestsellers – The Most Talkative which he published in 2012, The Diary of Andy Cohen which he published two years later, and Superficial ., published in 2016.
More than Andy’s background and early life, most of the other things you might want to know about him are covered below.
Age and background details
The famous television producer was born on June 2, 1968, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents, Lou Cohen and Evelyn Cohen, named him Andrew Joseph Cohen after he was born. He has an older sister named Emily Rosenfeld. Andy’s formal education is tied to Clayton High School and then to Camp Nebagamon for boys located in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. In 1990, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism from the prestigious Boston University, where he also wrote for the student newspaper. The daily free press
The early years of his career were spent working at CBS News, where he started out as an intern before being promoted to senior producer for the morning news program, The First Show, as well as CBS News’ 48 Hours and CBS This Morning. He served the news network for 10 years. Andy Cohen parted ways with CBS in 2000 after signing a contract with TRIO as vice president of original programming. His work at Trio led him to participate in the production of successful documentaries like Easy Riders / Raging Bulls.
Andy’s work at Bravo began in 2004 when the network acquired and took over Trio. While he hosted the Miss USA pageant in 2011, 2012, 2013 and Miss Universe in 2011 and 2012, he refused to hold a Miss Universe pageant in Russia due to the country’s anti-gay laws. In 2015, his radio channel (Radio Andy) on SiriusXM was launched.
Andy has raised over $250,000 from his AC2 tour to benefit victims of the Orlando gay club shooting. He is Jewish and resides in New York.
Is Andy Cohen gay, who is his partner or his boyfriend?
Andy Cohen has made no secret that his sexual identity is not straight. He is an openly gay man and the first of his kind to host a late-night television show in the United States. He came out of the closet while at Boston University and described the experience as one of the hardest things he’s ever had to do. He said it was accidental when his mother found a letter he had written to a gay man and confronted him about it. He said his mother was very understanding.
Andy dated an openly gay American journalist, Anderson Cooper before entering into a relationship with Harvard graduate Clifton Dassuncao, who is 20 years younger than him. He met Clifton in 2015. Andy and Anderson Cooper remain very good friends. Her relationship with Clifton ended in 2018 due to unspecified circumstances. Clifton currently works at Harvard University as a researcher.
During the last live stream of 2018 enWatchWhatHappens Live With Andy Cohen, Andy revealed that he is expecting a baby through surrogate. The baby’s gender has been revealed as a boy. In the meantime, he is believed to be single at the time of writing.
What is his net worth?
The Watch What Happens Live host is reported to be one of the highest paid media personalities in the country. He receives $2 million every year for hosting the show and his net worth is as large as $15 million.
